How My Eyes Felt After Two Weeks of Heavy Use of the Bigme 251 E-Ink Display
Coding on Bigme 251 with a delicious lunch lovingly prepared by my wife I've had the Bigme 251 for over two weeks now. During this time, I've had enough daily time to conduct a personal experiment on eye strain, testing whether using this screen for extended periods of work and study with the frontlight on causes any eye discomfort. My theory is, as long as the frontlight intensity is properly adjusted so that the light from the e-paper screen doesn't exceed the ambient light, using a color e-paper with frontlight on is just as eye-friendly as using a black-and-white e-paper without frontlight. (For a more detailed understanding of my theory, please refer to this article: "Does Turning On The Frontlight On Color E-Paper Defeat The Purpose Of Eye Protection" ). Previously, I just hadn't been able to conduct this experiment for such an extende...
